When comparing Livestrong MyPlate vs Lifesum: Healthy Lifestyle, Diet & Meal Planner, the Slant community recommends Lifesum: Healthy Lifestyle, Diet & Meal Planner for most people. In the question“What are the best apps to track diet and/or exercise?” Lifesum: Healthy Lifestyle, Diet & Meal Planner is ranked 4th while Livestrong MyPlate is ranked 13th.
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Pros
Pro Logging food is easy
Thanks to an extensive database of foods, adding foods to your log is effortless.
Pro Helps manage calorie intake
Based on your current body and set goals, MyPlate calculates how much you can eat at any given time.
Pro Beautiful design
Pro High usability
Pro Big database of recipes for more nutritious meals so you can eat wiser
Pro Nutrition grade system for food
Each food has a grade from A to F based on its nutritional values.
Pro Barcode scanner
Cons
Con Shortage of features
Con Expensive "Premium" membership
Anything of personalized value within the app requires a "Premium" membership. You need to pay $4.00/month for 12 months or $7/month for 3 month periods, which is absolute insanity.
Con Aggressive upselling (in app)
Con No longer has web-version
Lifesum had the web inteface but they no longer support it and cut it out from the new version of their website.